title: [Findings of the (18)F-FDG PET-CT in a cardiac angiosarcoma complicated by a cardiac rupture].
abstract: Primary malignant tumors of the heart are a rare condition. The most common type is the cardiac angiosarcoma. The symptoms of this disease are very nonspecific and can be very difficult to diagnose by conventional imaging techniques. We report the case of a male patient with cardiac angiosarcoma who also had a rare complication, this being cardiac rupture, which required the use of (18)F-FDG PET-CT to demonstrate the mass malignancy and to reach a definitive diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España. Electronic address: aliciasantiagochinchilla@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santiago-Chinchilla
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Carazo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moral-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Testart Dardel
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Fernández
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: (18)F-FDG; Angiosarcoma cardíaco; Cardiac angiosarcoma; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography; Resonancia magnética; Tomografía computarizada; Tomografía por emisión de positrones con tomografía multicorte